BIM as a database configuring project information

Configure Project Information

Revit stores the information of the entire project in a relational database. This quick exercise will look at the project information that Revit keeps track of.

To configure the project information in Revit, follow these steps:

  1. Open Revit.
  2. Open Small Medical Center.rvt from your project files. 
  3. In the Project Browser, in the Sheets (all) section, find A001 - 3D and open the sheet by double-clicking on it.



  4. On the sheet, note the Project Name in the upper-left corner, as shown below.



  5. Open the A002 - SITE PLAN sheet and note all the project information and sheet information in the titleblock. An example is shown below.



  6. Select the titleblock.
  7. In Properties, note that you can only change the sheet information, as shown below.



  8. Change the Sheet Name to SITE VIEW.
  9. To change the project information, go to the Manage tab>Settings panel and select Project Information.



  10. In the Project Information dialog box, change the following: 
    • Client Name: AUTODESK
    • Project Status: NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION
    • Project Number: 23-4512
  11. Click OK to close the Project Information dialog box. Note that the project information in the titleblock has changed accordingly. 
  12. Click on the Project Name field to edit it. Change the name to AUTODESK A-TOWN. 
  13. To see how the titleblock harvests that information, select the titleblock and in the Modify | Title Blocks contextual tab, select Edit Family. 
  14. The titleblock opens in the Family Editor. 
  15. Click on the Client Name text (which is actually a parameter, or tag) and in the Modify | Tag Label tab, select Edit Label. 
  16. In the Edit Label dialog box, in the left panel, scroll down to find Project Number and select it. 
  17. Click the Green Arrow to add this parameter to the Label Parameters panel, as shown below.



  18. In the Break column, check the toggle box in the Client Name row to force the Project Number to a new line in the titleblock. 
  19. In the Modify | Tag Label contextual tab>Family Editor panel, select Load into Project to load the updated titleblock into the Revit model.



  20. When the warning message appears, click Overwrite the existing version. 
  21. Note the updated titleblock that now displays the project number. 
  22. Reopen the titleblock to edit the family, as done previously. 
  23. Click on the Client Name tag and select Edit Label. 
  24. In the Edit Label dialog box, select the Project Number parameter in the Label Parameters panel and click the Red Arrow to remove this parameter.



  25. In the Modify | Tag Label contextual tab>Family Editor panel, select Load into Project and Close to load the updated titleblock into the Revit model. 
  26. Click No when prompted to save the family. 
  27. When the warning message appears, click Overwrite the existing version. The updated titleblock now displays without the project number under the client name. 
  28. Save and close the Revit model.